diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index fcf84ad2053b7..b8ed44f401b58 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -629,16 +629,6 @@ static inline void vma_init(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct mm_struct *mm)
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&vma->anon_vma_chain);
 }
 
-static inline void vm_flags_set(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t flags)
-{
-       vma->vm_flags |= flags;
-}
-
-static inline void vm_flags_clear(struct vm_area_struct *vma, vm_flags_t flags)
-{
-       vma->vm_flags &= ~flags;
-}
-
 static inline void vma_set_anonymous(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
 	vma->vm_ops = NULL;